Example sentences of "another couple [prep] [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Abigail , taking another couple of plates from the back of the van , was aware only that her companion was speaking ; the content of her statement did not register . |
| 2 | We took in another couple of wraps on the genoa , came round into 30–40ft ( 9–12m ) of water , and wallowed our way slowly southwards once again , a scant couple of hundred yards off the reef . |
| 3 | He looks down at the fag packet and taps it round another couple of revolutions on the table . |
| 4 | Another couple of miles up the valley and we are at Medbourne , the last bastion of the open fields in Leicestershire , enclosed in the year 1842 . |
| 5 | Got another couple of clients in the office right now , but we 'll have a good heart-to-heart when I ring you back . |
| 6 | John now faces another couple of years of the same routine , as Reiver in 1994 and Left Hand Man the year after . |